Pop Culture Archive
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Turn Up the Volume!
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe crowd is verging on riotious, you’re pumped and the heat from the on-stage pyrotechnics almost give you third degree burns. You prepare yourself for an invasion of the senses... -
TV We’ve Forgotten – Alias Smith and Jones
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsAnyone who recalls the names Hannibal Heyes and Jedediah ‘Kid’ Curry are most likely children of the 70s. Portrayed as the two most successful outlaws in the history of the... -
Nerds We’ve Loved
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No CommentsAs much as we probably all admit to being way too cool to ever be considered one – we all have a soft side for them. But who are your... -
Supergroups of the 70s
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe ‘Supergroups’ of the 70’s – just who were the best, what legacy’s did they leave their fans – and what did their music mean to you? Try to encapsulate... -
Oswald ‘not’ so lucky!
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 3 CommentsBefore he created Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney drew cartoons of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Universal Pictures and Charles Mintz. And while Mickey (and friends) went onto bigger, better and... -
80s New Wave
Posted on January 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsI’m the first to admit that I wasn’t exactly the New Wave kinda guy back in the 80s, but I’ll also be the first to admit that bands like Depeche... -
Classic TV – The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsIt won 2 Golden Globes and the hearts of millions. It helped re-launch a television career for the son of a sales clerk and a department store owner. The Courtship... -
The Vinyl Revival
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsIf you are to believe the figures, vinyl records are being sold in greater numbers than CDs at the present time – putting the so-called defunct technology at the cutting... -
Women Don’t Understand Air Guitar
Posted on September 27, 2011 | 1 CommentMen are a misunderstood lot. Which is probably for the best. Sure, we bleat about how girls insist on going to the bathroom in pairs, that 1000 shoes are never... -
Pop Culture’s Animal Legends
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 1 CommentRemember Disney’s Old Yeller? How About Babe, Lassie or Black Beauty? Maybe King Kong or even CJ the Orangutan. No prizes for guessing what all of the above have in... -
Useless Music Trivia Which Will Impress!
Posted on September 1, 2011 | 1 CommentSimple things (as they say) amuse simple minds . . . and so I’m not ashamed to admit that completely useless trivia has been filling the cavenous recesses of my... -
Charlie Chaplin’s mystery Time Traveller
Posted on August 14, 2011 | No CommentsCharlie Chaplin Time Travellers Clip Click Here Has anyone seen this mysterious clip of a so-called ‘time traveller’ in one of Charlile Chaplin’s early films? To date there’s been no... -
Screensavers – the new Pop Culture Cult
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsA long, long time ago in a galaxy not too far away screensavers were used to prevent so-called screen burn in an effort to avoid pixel damage on CRT displays... -
What Defines the 70s?
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhen I think of what symbolises the 70′s for me, two entirely different subcultures come to mind. The first is the early 70s – which was still a melting pot... -
The Greatest Songs of the Disco Era
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe halycon days of disco were undoubtedly those years between 1976 and 1980 – when dance floors were littered with would-be Travolta’s and dancing diva’s. It was when record company’s... -
Star Trek
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No Comments“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations — to... -
World’s Dumbest Mistakes
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsWe’ve all made mistakes … but probably not big mistakes like making snot beer, saying no to The Beatles, or turning down the patent for the telephone. There’s bound to... -
TV We Loved – Gidget
Posted on July 10, 2011 | No CommentsFor 15½ years my life was a complete and total ick. But then on the 23rd of June two things happened. I fell in love with two things. Jeff, my... -
Schlock We Loved – Lost In Space!
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsIt gave the impression of having a limited budget, and it showed. The props, makeup, scripts and costumes were almost comedic. Yet Lost In Space continues to enjoy re-run after... -
Celebrities We Loved – Wolfman Jack
Posted on July 6, 2011 | No CommentsHe appeared in 19 movies and television shows, hosted his own weekly syndicated program, was an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church, inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame...
